dheddle
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| Quote (Nerull @ Oct. 08 2008,11:42) | | So when McCain said we shoudn't fund "silly things like planetariums", he wasn't referring to all of them, like he clearly said? |
I am referring to the discourse when people started criticizing Palin for earmarks, right after she was announced:
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McCain stood up for Palin at other times in the interview.
He was asked about nearly $200 million in congressional pet projects Palin requested for 2009 for her state, despite her boasts that she opposes such projects and his claim that she didn't ask for any. McCain responded by criticizing Obama for seeking more than $900 million in these earmarks, by one count.
"That's nearly a million every day, every working day he's been in Congress," McCain said. "And when you look at some of the planetariums and other foolishness that he asked for, he shouldn't be saying anything about Governor Palin."
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That clearly is a criticism of Obama's earmark request, not of planetariums in general.
Do you have a different reference where he was referring to "silly planetariums" generically?
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